“I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.” — Samuel E. Morison Quote

“I have nothing revolutionary or even novel to offer.”

“Courses on historical methodology are not worth the time that they take up. I shall never give one myself, and I have observed that many of my colleagues who do give such courses refrain from exemplifying their methods by writing anything.”

“Throughout this evolution from left to right, Beard always detested war. Hence his writings were slanted to show that the military side of history was insignificant or a mere reflection of economic forces.”

“What do you do in a novel? You take recognizable characters from your own life, and you fantasize about what they're really like.”

“I wrote a novel, so now they can call me a novelist. I tell stories; that's it.”

“The last romantic novel I think I read was 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles.'”